Apple’s March quarter in charts

Apple’s earnings report was as action-packed as ever on Tuesday evening. The company’s stock soared as it beat the Street’s consensus and announced that it will return $100 billion to investors by end of 2015, and then it got pummeled when CEO Tim Cook suggested that we won’t see any big new product launches in the June quarter this year. Volatility in the market aside, Apple still turned in a huge, huge quarter despite seeing profits plunge 18% thanks to tightening margins. Looking at the numbers on paper is one thing, but SplatF’s Dan Frommer put together put together a quick “Apple earnings dashboard” that charts key data points as compared to historical data to help tell a more complete story. A few charts follow below and the full dashboard can be found on Frommer’s blog.

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